We purchased dozens of baby trees and shrubs. If they’re babies, they’re affordable. We did splurge on twenty quart-sized Green Giant arborvitaes and three “whip” Princeton elm trees (a newer cultivar, resistant to Dutch elm disease). We placed our order in January, 2012, to be delivered in April. I had no idea of how I was going to get all this stuff planted, but at least we had a tractor!
10 River Birch (Betula nigra) – 2-yr seedlings
10 Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) – for wildlife
10 American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) – for deer
10 Pieris japonica ‘Scarlet O’Hara’ – for the front yard
25 “Sandy” rosa rugosa – to plant over where knotweed was
10 Royal Purple Smokebush – (cotinus coggygria)
10 Weeping Willow (salix spp.) – for the back acre
10 Nigra Pyramidal Arborvitae (thuja occidentalis “nigra”)
10 Rheingold Globe Arborvitae (thuja occidentalis “rheingold”)
10 Sherwood Frost Pyramidal Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)
10 Blue Chip Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis) – for the slope
10 Blue Star Juniper (Juniperus squamata) – for the slope
10 Old Gold Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) – for the slope
10 Black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia fulgida “Goldsturm”)
10 Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
20 Dragon’s Blood sedum (sedum spurium) – for septic field
15 Grass (festuca glauca “Elijah Blue”) – for septic field
